America’s Response to Terrorism USS Cole – Afganahstan.
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America’s Response to TerrorismUSS Cole – Afganahstan
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Attack on the USS Cole October 2000
A suicide bomber drove a small boat full of explosives into an American warship in the Persian Gulf
17 Sailors killed; 39 wounded
Terrorism = Attack on a military unit far from home
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9/11 Attacks Terrorist hijack 4 airliners and use them in
suicide attacks on targets in America 2 planes – World Trade Center in NYC 1 plane – The Pentagon in Washington DC 1 plane – crashed into a field in Pennsylvania
2,996 people killed Terrorism = Civilians killed within U.S.
borders
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American Response to 9/11 War in Iraq
U.S. believed that Iraq had helped fund the 9/11 terrorists and that the had weapons of mass destruction (which we never found)
Goal = take Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein out of power
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War in Afghanistan Goal = take the terrorist network Al Qaida
out of power
Problems = civilians live in the war zone, and setting up a new democracy proved to be very difficult
Successes = Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed as a direct result of efforts in Afghanistan
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